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    Better OC'er for me -3.4C or 3.4E ? ?

    ** Drum Rol l l l ** ** Drum Rol l l l ** ** Drum Rol l l l ** Well folks time for the update as mentioned. S W E E T J O Y ! ! ! Im 100% stable at 3.8GHz ! ! ! ! ! And i can probably go further. . .. . .i had become to accept i would have problems getting over 3.5Ghz...
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    Better OC'er for me -3.4C or 3.4E ? ?

    Well talking to others on different forums, i have people telling me they have Northwood 3.4Ghz OC to 3.8GHz using air cooling. So i see hope there. Prescott seems like a complete OC waste of time unless i get water cooling - which im definately not prepared to
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    Better OC'er for me -3.4C or 3.4E ? ?

    Thank you all for you great valuable advice & feedback. I have decided to go for the NORTHWOOD primarily because of my concerns with the PRESCOTT cooling. Currently i have no interest in buying a water cooling system, changing cases etc I will save my pennies for a next MAJOR upgrade...
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    Better OC'er for me -3.4C or 3.4E ? ?

    "But as far as the 3.06ghz northwood goes, thats what I have running at 3.45ghz. And even while bandwidth limited, and with a 350mhz speed disadvantage it was ahead of the prescott at 3.82ghz in rendering. Video endcoding on the otherhand, the higher speed prescott had a solid lead, but at the...
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    Better OC'er for me -3.4C or 3.4E ? ?

    Man thats not good. Im already getting 3.5GHz from overclocking P4 3.06 but it is the 533mHZ FSB which does not run the DUAL DDR memory to its best. I was hoping a move to 3.4Mhz CPU would give me 800Mhz FSB as well as Higher CPU clock of about 3.8Mhz... Seems expecting the northwood core to...
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    Better OC'er for me -3.4C or 3.4E ? ?

    Does that mean i should rule the Northwood out of question if i want to get to stable 3.8Mhz ? Im little worried about the Presott & heating issues using my case.
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    Better OC'er for me -3.4C or 3.4E ? ?

    I have been offered either of these processors for £125 P4 3.4 GHZ/512/800 SL793 MALAY P4 3.4 GHZ1MB/800 SL7E6 COSTA RICA My problem is determining which would give me the better performance with my current setup. I currently have: -Abit MAX3 Motherboard -OCZ PC3700 Gold Mem...
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    Which Memory for P4 Overclocking..

    I have recently acquired Abit IC7MAX3 motherboard from a friend & want to move across to it from my Abit 845 motherboard. I will be using my current P4 3.06G CPU (533FSB) in the new motherboard but not the PC2700 memory. I will probably look at doing a CPU upgrade to 3.4Ghz Northwood later on in...
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    P4 3.06Ghz-533FSB in a Dual DDR motherboard

    Can i use a P4 3.06Ghz 533FSB Northwood in a i875 chipset motherboard & still benifit from Dual DDR functionality Or is the Dual DDR setup only suitable for 800FSB Prescott chips ? Reason I ask is i have just got a new motherboard(Abit ic7max3) & im wondering how to utilise it best in terms...
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    Socket 478 P4's reached end of road at 3.4G ?

    Great feedback ! Thanks a lot ! ! Keep it up !
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    Socket 478 P4's reached end of road at 3.4G ?

    Thanks fore replies... I dont feel its worth upgrading at the moment. For one present socket 775 motherboards will require replacement as they will not handle dual core Pentiums. All people who have already moved to 775 MB are shafted on this one as no dual core compatiabilty for them.. all...
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    Socket 478 P4's reached end of road at 3.4G ?

    Hello, I have recently managed to get hold of a used Abit IC7-Max3 from a mate after he did an upgrade. Initially i was very excited to get hold of this top end motherboard but not so after finding out that the highest CPU i can presently get for it is P4 3.4G. Looks like this top motherboard...
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    HELP: Overclocking P4 3.06 Northwood

    Thanks all for your feedback, ideas etc.. ! Just some update.. I have OC the CPU to 3.46 succesfully. Did this by just setting the FSB to 150, locked AGP & set memory to 1:1. All tested out ok with CPU Stability test program. My memory is very bad GENERIC 2700 so used 1:1 setting - any...
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    HELP: Overclocking P4 3.06 Northwood

    JasonandBecky - Yes i think you right i cant change the Multiplier - OOps
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    HELP: Overclocking P4 3.06 Northwood

    Windows 2000 does not support HyperThreading as it should - does not see 2 logical CPU. MS said they would fix it in next service pack but now it seems MS are not going to do service pack 5.